MSI, the leading Mainboard and Graphics Card manufacturer today unveils the latest additions to its flagship series; Lightning. With the N580GTX Lightning and R6970 Lightning MSI expands its line of pure-bred overclocking cards and continues to build on the legacy set by cards such as the N480GTX Lightning, world’s fastest GTX480 graphics card. MSI’s unceasing commitment to delivering “The Perfect Graphics Card” sees the new N580GTX Lightning and R6970 Lightning use features such as Power4 Overclocking Architecture, award winning Twin Frozr III cooler, Military Class II components. MSI’s gold-standard overclocking software, Afterburner MSI continues its tradition of world’s best overclocking Graphics Cards. MSI Lightning Graphics Cards are built to be perfect. (TZ)
| Marketing Name | N580GTX Lightning | R6970 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX580 | AMD Radeon 6970 |
| Codename | GF110 | Cayman XT |
| CUDA Cores | 512 | 1536 |
| Core Clock | 832 MHz | 940 MHz |
| Shader Clock | 1747 MHz | N/A |
| Memory Clock | 4200 MHz | 5500 MHz |
| Memory Size | 1536 MB GDDR5 | 2048 MB GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Output | DisplayPort / HDMI / 2x DVI | 2x Mini DisplayPort / HDMI / 2x DVI |
| TDP | 260 W | 269 W |
| Dimensions | 305x127x45mm | 310x127x40mm |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| CUDA / APP | Y | Y |
| SLI / CrossFire | Y, 3-Way | Y, 4-Way |
| PhysX / Eyefinity | Y | Y |
| PureVideo HD / AVIVO HD | Y | Y |
| Afterburner | Triple Overvoltage | Triple Overvoltage |